Bearer Establishment Method, User Equipment, and Base Station

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to bearer establishment methods, user equipment, and base stations. One example method includes configuring, by user equipment (UE), a bearer for the UE by using a pre-stored configuration parameter, where the pre-stored configuration parameter includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, and sending, by the UE, service data to a base station by using the bearer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. Application Ser. No.15/823,418, filed on Nov. 27, 2017, which is a continuation ofInternational Application No. PCT/CN2015/080370, filed on May 29, 2015.All of the afore-mentioned patent applications are hereby incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to a bearer establishment method, userequipment, and a base station.

BACKGROUND

In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, user equipment (UE)establishes a bearer while connecting to a network, regardless ofwhether the UE initiates a service. If a service initiated by the UEneeds transmission of relatively sparse data or the UE does not initiateany service, the established bearer is wasted.

To improve resource usage, in a 3rd-Generation (3G) mobilecommunications technology, it is proposed that UE establishes a bearerwhen the UE initiates a service. In the 3G mobile communicationstechnology, the UE initiates a bearer activation request to a radionetwork controller (RNC) when initiating a service, and establishes abearer by exchanging signaling with the RNC, an serving GPRS supportnode (SGSN), and a gateway (GW). In a process of establishing the bearerduring initiation of the service, the UE needs to exchange signalingmessages with multiple network devices. Consequently, bearerestablishment delays and overheads are relatively large.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide a bearer establishmentmethod, user equipment, and a base station, to reduce delays andoverheads caused when user equipment establishes a bearer.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides abearer establishment method, including:

configuring, by user equipment (UE), a bearer for the UE by using apre-stored configuration parameter, where the pre-stored configurationparameter includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, orthe pre-stored configuration parameter includes an AS configurationparameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter; andsending, by the UE, service data to a base station by using the bearer.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationof the first aspect, the pre-stored configuration parameter includes Nsets of configuration parameters, where N is an integer greater than orequal to 1, and the configuring, by UE, a bearer for the UE by using apre-stored configuration parameter includes:

selecting, by the UE, one set of configuration parameters from the Nsets of configuration parameters according to one of the followingparameters: a service type of the service data, a quality of service(QoS) parameter of the service data, a group identity of the UE, APNinformation of the UE, or ARP information of the UE; and

configuring, by the UE, the bearer for the UE by using the selected setof configuration parameters.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the first aspect,in a second possible implementation of the first aspect, after theconfiguring, by the UE, the bearer for the UE by using the selected setof configuration parameters, the method further includes:

sending, by the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message, a datapacket, or an access sequence that includes an identifier of the bearerto the base station, so that the base station determines an accessnetwork bearer of the UE according to the identifier of the bearer.

With reference to the first aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the first aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the first aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the first aspect, after the sending, by the UE, theservice data to a base station by using the bearer, the method furtherincludes:

sending, by the UE, some parameters of the configuration parameters ofthe bearer to the base station, so that the base station determines acore network bearer of the UE according to the some parameters, wherethe some parameters include at least one of the following parameters:

the APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink tunnelendpoint identifier (TEID), an identifier of the core network bearer, atype of the service data, or the QoS parameter of the service data.

With reference to the first aspect, or with reference to any one of thefirst possible implementation of the first aspect to the third possibleimplementation of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the first aspect, after the sending, by the UE, the service data to abase station by using the bearer, the method further includes:

when a serving cell in which the UE is located changes or the basestation serving the UE changes, locally reconfiguring, by the UE, abearer by using the pre-stored configuration parameter; and

sending, by the UE, data to a changed-to base station by using thereconfigured bearer.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides abearer establishment method, including:

pre-configuring, by a base station, a bearer for the base station, wherea configuration parameter used by the base station to configure thebearer includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or aconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerincludes an AS configuration parameter and a non-access stratum (NAS)configuration parameter; and

receiving, by the base station, service data of UE by using the bearerpre-configured by the base station.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementationof the second aspect, the bearer pre-configured by the base stationincludes N bearers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;and the receiving, by the base station, service data of UE by using thebearer pre-configured by the base station includes:

receiving, by the base station, an RRC message, a data packet, or anaccess sequence that is sent by the UE and that includes an identifierof a bearer configured by the UE;

selecting, by the base station from the N bearers, a bearer matching theidentifier of the bearer configured by the UE, to serve as an accessnetwork bearer of the UE; and

receiving, by the base station, the service data of the UE by using theselected bearer.

With reference to the second aspect or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the second aspect, in a second possibleimplementation of the second aspect, after the receiving, by the basestation, service data of UE by using the bearer pre-configured by thebase station, the method further includes:

receiving, by the base station, some parameters of configurationparameters of the bearer configured by the UE, where the some parametersinclude at least one of the following parameters:

APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, anidentifier of a core network bearer, a type of the service data, or aQoS parameter of the service data; and

determining, by the base station, the core network bearer of the UEaccording to the some parameters.

With reference to the second aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the second aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the second aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the second aspect, after the receiving, by the basestation, service data of UE by using the locally pre-configured bearer,the method further includes:

selecting, by the base station according to at least one of thefollowing parameters, a public bearer from public bearers existingbetween the base station and a core network, to serve as the corenetwork bearer of the UE, where

the parameters include: the type of the service data, the QoS parameterof the service data, and a mapping relationship between the publicbearer and the bearer that is pre-configured by the base station.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides userequipment (UE), including:

a bearer configuration unit, configured to configure a bearer for the UEby using a pre-stored configuration parameter, where the pre-storedconfiguration parameter includes an access stratum (AS) configurationparameter, or the pre-stored configuration parameter includes an ASconfiguration parameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configurationparameter; and

a sending unit, configured to send service data to a base station byusing the bearer.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementationof the third aspect, the pre-stored configuration parameter includes Nsets of configuration parameters, where N is an integer greater than orequal to 1; and the bearer configuration unit is configured to:

select one set of configuration parameters from the N sets ofconfiguration parameters according to one of the following parameters: aservice type of the service data, a QoS parameter of the service data, agroup identity of the UE, APN information of the UE, or ARP informationof the UE; and configure the bearer for the UE by using the selected setof configuration parameters.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the third aspect,in a second possible implementation of the third aspect, the sendingunit is further configured to:

send an RRC message, a data packet, or an access sequence that includesan identifier of the bearer to the base station, so that the basestation determines an access network bearer of the UE according to theidentifier of the bearer.

With reference to the third aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the third aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the third aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the third aspect, the sending unit is furtherconfigured to:

send some parameters of the configuration parameters of the bearer tothe base station, so that the base station determines a core networkbearer of the UE according to the some parameters, where the someparameters include at least one of the following parameters:

the APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, anidentifier of the core network bearer, a type of the service data, orthe QoS parameter of the service data.

With reference to the third aspect, or with reference to any one of thefirst possible implementation of the third aspect to the third possibleimplementation of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the third aspect, the bearer configuration unit is further configuredto:

when a serving cell in which the UE is located changes or the basestation serving the UE changes, locally reconfigure a bearer by usingthe pre-stored configuration parameter; and send data to a changed-tobase station by using the reconfigured bearer.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides abase station, including:

a bearer configuration unit, configured to pre-configure a bearer forthe base station, where a configuration parameter used by the basestation to configure the bearer includes an access stratum (AS)configuration parameter, or a configuration parameter used by the basestation to configure the bearer includes an AS configuration parameterand a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter; and

a receiving unit, configured to receive service data of UE by using thebearer pre-configured by the base station.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementationof the fourth aspect, the bearer pre-configured by the base stationincludes N bearers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;and the receiving unit is configured to:

receive an RRC message, a data packet, or an access sequence that issent by the UE and that includes an identifier of a bearer configured bythe UE;

the base station further includes a processing unit, configured toselect, from the N bearers, a bearer matching the identifier of thebearer configured by the UE, to serve as an access network bearer of theUE; and

the receiving unit is configured to receive the service data of the UEby using the selected bearer.

With reference to the fourth aspect or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the fourth aspect, in a second possibleimplementation of the fourth aspect, the receiving unit is configuredto:

receive some parameters of configuration parameters of the bearerconfigured by the UE, where the some parameters include at least one ofthe following parameters:

APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, anidentifier of a core network bearer, a type of the service data, or aQoS parameter of the service data; and

the processing unit is configured to determine the core network bearerof the UE according to the some parameters.

With reference to the fourth aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the fourth aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the fourth aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is configuredto:

select, according to at least one of the following parameters, a publicbearer from public bearers existing between the base station and a corenetwork, to serve as the core network bearer of the UE, where

the parameters include: the type of the service data, the QoS parameterof the service data, and a mapping relationship between the publicbearer and the bearer that is pre-configured by the base station.

A fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides userequipment (UE), including:

a processor, configured to configure a bearer for the UE by using apre-stored configuration parameter, where the pre-stored configurationparameter includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, orthe pre-stored configuration parameter includes an AS configurationparameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter; and

a transmitter, configured to send service data to a base station byusing the bearer.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementationof the fifth aspect, the pre-stored configuration parameter includes Nsets of configuration parameters, where N is an integer greater than orequal to 1; and the processor is further configured to: select one setof configuration parameters from the N sets of configuration parametersaccording to one of the following parameters:

a service type of the service data, a QoS parameter of the service data,a group identity of the UE, APN information of the UE, or ARPinformation of the UE; and configure the bearer for the UE by using theselected set of configuration parameters.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the fifth aspect,in a second possible implementation of the fifth aspect, the transmitteris further configured to send an RRC message, a data packet, or anaccess sequence that includes an identifier of the bearer to the basestation, so that the base station determines an access network bearer ofthe UE according to the identifier of the bearer.

With reference to the fifth aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the fifth aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the fifth aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the fifth aspect, the transmitter is furtherconfigured to send some parameters of the configuration parameters ofthe bearer to the base station, so that the base station determines acore network bearer of the UE according to the some parameters, wherethe some parameters include at least one of the following parameters:the APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, anidentifier of the core network bearer, a type of the service data, orthe QoS parameter of the service data.

With reference to the fifth aspect, or with reference to any one of thefirst possible implementation of the fifth aspect to the third possibleimplementation of the fifth aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the fifth aspect, the processor is further configured to: when aserving cell in which the UE is located changes or the base stationserving the UE changes, locally reconfigure a bearer by using thepre-stored configuration parameter; and send data to a changed-to basestation by using the reconfigured bearer.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides abase station, including:

a processor, configured to pre-configure a bearer for the base station,where a configuration parameter used by the base station to configurethe bearer includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or aconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerincludes an AS configuration parameter and a non-access stratum (NAS)configuration parameter; and

a receiver, configured to receive service data of the UE by using thebearer pre-configured by the base station.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementationof the sixth aspect, the bearer pre-configured by the base stationincludes N bearers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;and the receiver is further configured to receive an RRC message, a datapacket, or an access sequence that is sent by the UE and that includesan identifier of a bearer configured by the UE;

the processor is further configured to select, from the N bearers, abearer matching the identifier of the bearer configured by the UE, toserve as an access network bearer of the UE; and

the receiver is further configured to receive the service data of the UEby using the selected bearer.

With reference to the sixth aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the sixth aspect, in a second possibleimplementation of the sixth aspect, the receiver is further configuredto receive some parameters of configuration parameters of the bearerconfigured by the UE, where the some parameters include at least one ofthe following parameters: APN information, a destination gatewayaddress, an uplink TEID, an identifier of a core network bearer, a typeof the service data, or a QoS parameter of the service data; and

the processor is further configured to determine the core network bearerof the UE according to the some parameters.

With reference to the sixth aspect, or with reference to the firstpossible implementation of the sixth aspect, or with reference to thesecond possible implementation of the sixth aspect, in a third possibleimplementation of the sixth aspect, the processor is further configuredto select, according to at least one of the following parameters, apublic bearer from public bearers existing between the base station anda core network, to serve as the core network bearer of the UE, where theparameters include: the type of the service data, the QoS parameter ofthe service data, and a mapping relationship between the public bearerand the bearer that is pre-configured by the base station.

The one or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of thepresent invention have at least the following technical effects oradvantages:

The embodiments of the present invention provide a bearer establishmentmethod, including: locally configuring, by user equipment, a bearer byusing a pre-stored configuration parameter, and sending, by the userequipment, service data to a base station by using the configuredbearer.

The user equipment locally configures the bearer by using the pre-storedconfiguration parameter, and does not need to establish the bearer byexchanging signaling messages multiple times with at least one networkdevice. Therefore, delays and overheads caused when the bearer isestablished are reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanyingdrawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, theaccompanying drawings in the following description show merely someembodiments of the present invention, and a person of ordinary skill inthe art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawingswithout creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for establishing a bearer by UEaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for establishing a bearer by a basestation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of user equipmentaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of user equipmentaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of user equipmentaccording to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of a base stationaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of the present invention provide a bearer establishmentmethod, to reduce delays and overheads caused when user equipmentestablishes a bearer.

In the embodiments of the present invention, user equipment locallyconfigures a bearer by using a pre-stored configuration parameter, andthe user equipment sends service data to a base station by using theconfigured bearer.

The user equipment locally configures the bearer by using the pre-storedconfiguration parameter, and does not need to establish the bearer byexchanging signaling messages multiple times with at least one networkdevice. Therefore, delays and overheads caused when the bearer isestablished are reduced.

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of theembodiments of the present invention clearer, the following clearlydescribes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodimentsof the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are somebut not all of the embodiments of the present invention. All otherembodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based onthe embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shallfall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The term “and/or” in this specification describes only an associationrelationship for describing associated objects and represents that threerelationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent thefollowing three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only Bexists. In addition, the character “/” in this specification generallyindicates an “or” relationship between the associated objects.

The following describes the implementations of the present invention indetail with reference to accompanying drawings.

The technical solutions of the present invention may be applied tovarious communications system, for example, a global system for mobilecommunications (GSM) system, a general packet radio service (GPRS)system, a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a WCDMA (widebandcode division multiple access) system, a long term evolution (LTE)system, and various subsequent evolved wireless communications systems,including, but not limited to a 5th Generation (5G) mobilecommunications system.

A network architecture of a communications system may be divided intothree layers: UE, a radio access network, and a core network. A basestation, a base station controller, and an RNC are located on the radioaccess network. A mobility management entity (MME), a GW, and an SGSNare located on the core network. The core network is connected toanother network. For example, the core network is connected to a packetdata network.

User equipment (UE), also referred to as a mobile terminal, mobile userequipment, and the like, may communicate with one or more core networksthrough a radio access network (RAN). The user equipment may be, forexample, a mobile phone or a computer with a mobile terminal. Forexample, the user equipment may be a portable, pocket-sized, handheld,computer built-in, or in-vehicle mobile apparatus.

A base station may be a base transceiver station (BTS) in the GSM orCDMA, may be a NodeB in the WCDMA, or may be an evolved NodeB (eNB oreNodeB) in the LTE, or a network device implementing a similar functionin a subsequent evolved system. This is not limited in the presentinvention. It should be noted that a form of a network device iscorrespondingly changed according to an actual network deploymentrequirement. For example, a distributed base station also falls withinthe protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing that UE establishes abearer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Step 11: UE configures a bearer for the UE by using a pre-storedconfiguration parameter, where the pre-stored configuration parameterincludes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or thepre-stored configuration parameter includes an AS configurationparameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter.

Step 12: The UE sends service data to a base station by using thebearer.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing that a base stationestablishes a bearer according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

Step 21: A base station pre-configures a bearer for the base station,where a configuration parameter used by the base station to configurethe bearer includes an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or aconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerincludes an AS configuration parameter and a non-access stratum (NAS)configuration parameter.

Step 22: The base station receives service data of UE by using thebearer pre-configured by the base station.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the configuration parameterused by the base station to locally pre-configure the bearer correspondsto a pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE. That is, theconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerand the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE have same beareridentifiers.

Specifically, if the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UEincludes the AS configuration parameter, the base station locallypre-configures the bearer, and the configuration parameter used by thebase station to configure the bearer corresponds to the pre-storedconfiguration parameter of the UE. If the pre-stored configurationparameter of the UE includes the AS configuration parameter and the NASconfiguration parameter, both the base station and a core networklocally configure the bearer, and the configuration parameter used bythe base station to configure the bearer corresponds to the pre-storedconfiguration parameter of the UE. A configuration parameter used by thecore network to configure the bearer is determined by the base stationaccording to the NAS configuration parameter.

The AS configuration parameter includes a media access control layerconfiguration parameter and a physical layer configuration parameter.The NAS configuration parameter includes at least one of the followingparameters: an identifier of a core network bearer, a quality of serviceclass identifier (QCI), an allocation and retention priority (ARP), atraffic flow template (TFT), a destination gateway address, access pointname (APN) information, or an uplink TEID.

Optionally, the AS configuration parameter further includes: a packetdata convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration parameter (whether to usea status report, a PDCP discard timer, and a PDCP serial number (SN)length), a radio link control (RLC) configuration parameter (atransmission mode and a status report configuration), a logical channelidentifier, a logical channel configuration parameter (priorityinformation and a priority bit rate).

Referring to Table 1, various parameters included in pre-storedconfiguration parameters of UE are listed in Table 1. Referring to Table2, various parameters included in physical layer configurationparameters are listed in Table 2.

TABLE 1 Table of pre-stored configuration parameters of UE Beareridentifier ID 1 . . . , and N Identifier of a core network bearer QCI(quality of service QoS-type class class identifier) ARP (allocation andAllocation and retention priority retention priority) TFT (traffic flowtemplate) Main content of a filter is IP quintets (a source address/adestination address/a source port/a destination port/an applicationlayer protocol number over IP). A source IP address, the source port, adestination IP address, the destination port, and the Transmission LayerProtocol may be a part of the quintets Access network data beareridentifier RLC configuration Transmission mode and status reportconfiguration Logical channel identifier Priority information Prioritybit rate Gateway IP Uplink TEID Uplink channel identifier APN Accesspoint information Media access control layer maxHARQ-tx, maximumquantity of configuration parameter or times of uplink HARQ transmissionconfiguration ID periodicBSR-Timer, periodic BSR timer retxBSR-Timer,retransmission BSR timer ttiBundling, whether to start continuoustransmission drx-Config, whether to start a discontinuous receivingconfiguration phr-Config, whether to report residual power Physicallayer configuration For a default configuration, refer to the parameteror configuration following table ID

TABLE 2 Table of physical layer configuration parameters Name Semanticsdescription PDSCH-ConfigDedicated Physical downlink shared >p-a (PDSCHdedicated configuration>p-a channel dedicated (offset)) configurationparameter PUCCH-ConfigDedicated Configuration parameter (PUCCH-dedicatedof a physical uplink configuration) controlchannel >tdd-AckNackFeedbackMode (TDD-ACK/Nack feedbackmode) >ackNackRepetition (ACK/Nack feedback repetition factor)PUSCH-ConfigDedicated (PUSCH-dedicated Configuration parameterconfiguration) of a physical uplink shared channel >betaOffset-ACK-Index(offset-ACK-index) >betaOffset-RI-Index(offset-RI-index) >betaOffset-CQI-Index (offset-CQI-index) Uplink PowerControl Dedicated (uplink Configuration parameter power controldedicated) of uplink power control >p0-UE-PUSCH (P0-UE-physicaluplink >nominal power of a shared channel) PUSCH >deltaMCS-Enabled(deltaMCS-enabled) >modulation and coding >accumulationEnabled(accumulation scheme enabled enabled) Accumulation enabled >p0-UE-PUCCH(P0-UE-physical uplink >nominal power of a control channel)PUCCH >pSRS-Offset (pSRS-offset) >SRS offset >filterCoefficient (filtercoefficient) >filter coefficient tpc-pdcch-ConfigPUCCH (power control- Apower control command PDCCH-configuring a PUCCH) of a PUCCH is sent on aPDCCH tpc-pdcch-ConfigPUSCH (power control- A power control commandPDCCH-configuring a PUSCH) of a PUSCH is sent on a PDCCHCQI-ReportConfig (a CQI report CQI report configuration configuration)parameter >CQI-ReportPeriodic (CQI-reportperiod) >cqi-ReportModeAperiodic (CQI-reportmode) >nomPDSCH-RS-EPRE-Offset (physical downlink sharedchannel-RS-EPRE-pre-offset) SoundingRS-UL-ConfigDedicated (soundingUplink reference signal reference signal-uplink-dedicated configurationconfiguration) AntennaInfoDedicated (antenna information Dedicatedantenna dedicated) configuration >transmissionMode (transmission mode)information >codebookSubsetRestriction (codebook subsetrestriction) >UE-TransmitAntennaSelection (UE-transmit antennaselection) SchedulingRequestConfig (scheduling request configuration)

First, that the UE pre-stores a configuration parameter according to aprotocol rule, by using broadcast information, or according to acombination of a protocol rule and broadcast information is described.

If the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE and the pre-storedconfiguration parameter of the base station are stipulated in aprotocol, in step 11, the UE pre-stores the configuration parameteraccording to the protocol rule, and in step 21, the base stationpre-configures the bearer according to the protocol rule. Moreover, theconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerand the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE have same beareridentifiers.

If the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE is obtained by usingthe broadcast information, in step 21, the base station pre-configuresthe bearer, and sends, by using broadcast information, a configurationparameter used to configure the bearer to the UE; and in step 11, the UEobtains the configuration parameter from the broadcast information sentby the base station, and then, locally stores the configurationparameter.

If the UE pre-stores the configuration parameter according to acombination of the protocol rule and the broadcast information, in step21, the base station pre-configures the bearer, and sends, by using thebroadcast information, some configuration parameters of theconfiguration parameters used to configure the bearer to the UE. In step11, the UE stores some configuration parameters according to theprotocol rule, and obtains the remaining some configuration parametersother than the stored some configuration parameters from the broadcastinformation sent by the base station.

For example, the UE locally stores a physical layer configurationparameter and a media access layer configuration parameter of theconfiguration parameters according to the protocol rule, storesrespective identifiers of the physical layer configuration parameter andthe media access layer configuration parameter, receives the broadcastinformation sent by the base station, obtains the remainingconfiguration parameters other than the physical layer configurationparameter and the media access layer configuration parameter of theconfiguration parameters from the broadcast information, and storesrespective identifiers of a physical layer configuration parameter and amedia access layer configuration parameter that correspond to theremaining configuration parameters. The UE compares, with identifiers inthe broadcast information, the identifiers of the physical layerconfiguration parameter and the media access layer configurationparameter that are locally stored, and merges and stores parameterswhose identifiers match with each other.

Subsequently, configuration of a bearer separately performed by the UEand the base station is described.

If there is one set of pre-stored configuration parameters of the UE,that is, there is one bearer identifier, on one hand, the UE locallyconfigures the bearer by using the pre-stored configuration parameter,and then the UE sends service data to the base station by using theconfigured bearer. On the other hand, the base station locallypre-configures the bearer. The configuration parameter used by the basestation to configure the bearer and the pre-stored configurationparameter of the UE have same bearer identifiers. The base stationreceives the service data of the UE by using the locally pre-configuredbearer. The UE and the base station independently configure the bearers.

If there are multiple sets of pre-stored configuration parameters of theUE, that is, there are multiple bearer identifiers, the base stationseparately locally pre-configures multiple bearers by using the multiplesets of pre-stored configuration parameters. First, the UE selects oneset of configuration parameters from the multiple sets of configurationparameters, and then, locally configures the bearer by using theselected set of configuration parameters. Subsequently, the UE sends theidentifier of the bearer configured by the UE to the base station. Thebase station selects, from locally pre-configured multiple bearersaccording to the identifier of the bearer configured by the UE, a bearermatching the identifier of the bearer configured by the UE, and receivesthe service data of the UE by using the selected bearer.

The UE selects one set of configuration parameters from the N sets ofconfiguration parameters according to one of the following parameters: aservice type of the service data, a QoS parameter of the service data, agroup identity of the UE, APN information of the UE, or ARP informationof the UE. The UE locally configures the bearer by using the selectedset of configuration parameters. The UE sends an RRC message, a datapacket, or an access sequence that includes the identifier of the bearerto the base station, so that the base station determines an accessnetwork bearer of the UE according to the identifier of the bearer.

The base station receives the RRC message, the uplink data packet, orthe access sequence that is sent by the UE and that includes theidentifier of the bearer configured by the UE. The base station selects,from the N bearers, a bearer matching the identifier of the bearerconfigured by the UE, to serve as the access network bearer of the UE.The base station receives the service data of the

UE by using the selected bearer.

If the UE indicates the bearer identifier in the RRC message or a MACpacket, and the base station grant permission after receiving theidentifier, the base station determines a bearer parameter to be used bya user and configures a service bearer according to the beareridentifier.

First, a method for configuring the bearer by the UE is described.

In a first step, the UE selects one set of configuration parameters fromthe N sets of configuration parameters according to the group identityof the UE, the APN information of the UE, the ARP information of the UE,the service type of the UE, or the QoS parameter of the service data ofthe UE.

Specifically, the UE selects one set of configuration parameters fromthe N sets of configuration parameters according to the group identityof the UE. After the UE attaches to a network, the network specifies agroup to which the UE belongs. The group identity of the UE may be anidentity of the group to which the UE belongs. Alternatively, the groupidentity of the UE is obtained according to an identifier of the UE. Theidentifier of the UE is a unique identifier used to distinguish the UEfrom another UE. The identifier of the UE modulo a number is the groupidentity of the UE. Each of the N sets of configuration parameters hasan identifier. The UE selects, from the N sets of configurationparameters, one set of configuration parameters matching the groupidentity of the UE. For example, if the group identity of the UE is 1,and bearer identifiers of the N sets of configuration parameters arerespectively 1 to N, the set of configuration parameters selected by theUE is a set of configuration parameters whose bearer identifier is 1 inthe N sets of configuration parameters.

Specifically, the UE selects one set of configuration parameters fromthe N sets of configuration parameters according to the APN informationof the UE. The APN information or the ARP information has a functionsimilar to that of the group identity of the UE. Multiple UEs having thesame APN information may be considered as UEs in one group, and have asame group identity. Each of the N sets of configuration parametersincludes the APN information. The UE selects, from the N sets ofconfiguration parameters, one set of configuration parameters matchingthe APN information or the ARP information of the UE. For example, ifthe APN information of the UE is ABC, and the bearer identifiers of theN sets of configuration parameters are respectively 1 to N, the UEselects, according to the APN information and a policy, the set ofconfiguration parameters that matches the policy. For example, an APN ofthe ABC allows to use one set of configuration parameters whose beareridentifier is 1 in the N sets of configuration parameters. The policymay be sent by a network to the UE or may be configured by an operatorfor the UE.

Specifically, the UE selects one set of configuration parameters fromthe N sets of configuration parameters according to the QoS parameter ofthe service data sent by the UE. Different service data has differentQoS requirements. Different QoS parameters belong to different QCIs.Each of the N sets of configuration parameters includes a QCI or an ARP.Therefore, the UE first determines a QCI of the QoS parameter of thesent service data, and then selects, from the N sets of configurationparameters, one set of configuration parameters matching the QCIdetermined by the UE.

For example, if the QCI determined by the UE is 1, and the QCI includes1 to N, one set of configuration parameters that is selected by the UEaccording to priority information and that matches the QCI is the set ofconfiguration parameters whose QCI is 1 in the N sets of configurationparameters. Alternatively, the UE determines a bearer parameter such asa proper logical channel priority or an HARQ transmission parameteraccording to QCI information, and then selects a bearer according to thebearer parameter. The ARP information is specified by the network. Forexample, the UE determines a bearer parameter of the UE according to theARP information, where the bearer parameter may be a logical channelpriority of an RLC layer and the like, and then selects the beareraccording to the bearer parameter. The UE can configure bearers suitablefor different QoS according to a QoS parameter of an initiated service,thereby implementing control over different QoS.

Specifically, the UE selects a proper bearer parameter according to acharacteristic of a service type. For example, for a small packet, abearer parameter having a short RLC length or having no RLC headeroverhead is selected. For a large data packet, a bearer parameter havinga long RLC length or having RLC header overheads is selected. Then, abearer is selected according to the bearer parameter.

In a second step, the UE locally configures the bearer by using theselected set of configuration parameters.

Subsequently, that the UE notifies the base station of the identifier ofthe bearer configured by the UE is described.

After the UE locally configures the bearer, the base station needs toreceive the service data of the UE by using a corresponding bearer. Thecorresponding bearer means that a configuration parameter used for thebearer used by the base station to receive the service data of the UEand the configuration parameter used by the UE to configure the bearerhave same bearer identifiers. Therefore, after the UE locally configuresthe bearer, the UE needs to send, by using the RRC message, the datapacket, or the access sequence, the identifier of the bearer configuredby the UE to the base station. Optionally, after sending the identifierof the bearer to the base station, the UE performs configuration afterobtaining permission from the base station. For example, after the UEsends the RRC message, the MAC packet, or the like to the base station,the UE is allowed to use the bearer after receiving responseinformation, and the UE then configures the bearer for service datatransmission.

Then, configuration of a bearer by the base station is described.

The base station receives the RRC message, the data packet, or theaccess sequence that is sent by the UE and that includes the identifierof the bearer configured by the UE, and obtains, from a header of thedata packet or the access sequence, the identifier of the bearerconfigured by the UE. The base station determines, according to theidentifier of the bearer configured by the UE, one set of configurationparameters that are in the N sets of configuration parameters and thatare used by the UE to configure the bearer, and obtains an identifier ofthe access network bearer from the set of configuration parameters usedby the UE, then, selects, from pre-configured N bearers, a bearermatching the identifier of the access network bearer in theconfiguration parameters used by the UE, and receives, by using theselected bearer, the service data sent by the UE.

In the foregoing implementation solutions, considering mobility of theUE, if a serving cell in which the UE is located changes or the basestation serving the UE changes, the UE needs to reconfigure a bearer.

When the serving cell in which the UE is located changes or the basestation serving the UE changes, the UE locally reconfigures a bearer byusing the pre-stored configuration parameter; and sends data to achanged-to base station by using the reconfigured bearer.

Specifically, if the UE moves across cells, that is, from one cell toanother cell, or if the UE moves across base stations, that is, from aservice coverage area of one base station to a service coverage area ofanother base station, data transmission between the UE and the originalbase station is interrupted. The new base station also locallypre-configures a bearer by using a configuration parameter. The UE needsto locally reconfigure a bearer by using a same set of configurationparameters as that used by the new base station, and then sends, to thenew base station, data that has not been successfully sent to theoriginal base station, or instructs the new base station to resend datathat has not been successfully sent by the original base station to theUE.

It should be noted that the bearer that is reconfigured by the UE andthe bearer that has been configured by the UE before the UE moves acrosscells or across base stations may be the same or may be different.

If the pre-stored configuration parameter of the UE is stipulated in aprotocol rule, the bearer that is reconfigured by the UE and the bearerthat has been configured by the UE before the UE moves across cells oracross base stations are the same. The base station changes because theUE moves across cells or across base stations, and consequently abroadcast message sent by the new base station and the broadcast messagesent by the original base station may be different. Therefore, if all orsome of the pre-stored configuration parameters of the UE are obtainedfrom a broadcast message sent by the base station, the bearer that isreconfigured by the UE and the bearer that has been configured by the UEbefore the UE moves across cells or across base stations may bedifferent.

In the foregoing implementation solutions, for the base station, thebase station not only needs to determine the access network bearer ofthe UE, and then receive the service data of the UE by using thedetermined bearer, but also needs to determine a core network bearer ofthe UE, and then forward the received service data by using thedetermined core network bearer.

As described above, if the configuration parameter includes the ASconfiguration parameter and the NAS configuration parameter, a corenetwork locally pre-configures the bearer by using the pre-storedconfiguration parameter. A configuration parameter used by the corenetwork and the configuration parameter used by the base station topre-configure the bearer have same bearer identifiers. In this case, amethod for determining the core network bearer of the UE by the basestation is determining the core network bearer according to anidentifier of the core network.

Specifically, the base station determines, according to the identifierof the bearer configured by the UE, the set of configuration parametersthat are in the N sets of configuration parameters and that are used bythe UE to configure the bearer, obtains the identifier of the corenetwork bearer from the set of configuration parameters used by the UE,and determines the core network bearer of the UE.

If the configuration parameter includes the AS configuration parameter,the base station determines the core network bearer of the UE by usingthe following two methods.

In a first method, the core network bearer is determined according tosome parameters in configuration parameters used by the UE to configurethe bearer. Therefore, after the UE sends data to the base station byusing the bearer, the method further includes: sending, by the UE, someparameters of the configuration parameters of the bearer to the basestation, so that the base station determines the core network bearer ofthe UE according to the some parameters. The some parameters include atleast one of the following parameters: APN information, a destinationgateway address, an uplink TEID, a type of the service data, or a QoSparameter of the service data. Correspondingly, after the base stationreceives the service data of the UE by using the locally pre-configuredbearer, the method further includes: receiving, by the base station, thesome parameters of the configuration parameters of the bearer configuredby the UE, where the some parameters include at least one of thefollowing parameters: the APN information, the destination gatewayaddress, the uplink TEID, the type of the service data, or the QoSparameter of the service data; and determining, by the base station, thecore network bearer of the UE according to the some parameters.

Specifically, after locally configuring the bearer, the UE selects atleast one of the some configuration parameters of the configurationparameters used to configure the bearer: the APN information, thedestination gateway address, the uplink TEID, the type of the servicedata sent by the UE, or the QoS parameter of the service data sent bythe UE, and then sends the selected parameter to the base station. Thebase station receives the parameter sent by the UE, and determines thecore network bearer of the UE according to the parameter sent by the UE.

When the base station is connected to only one gateway, the base stationmay determine the core network bearer of the UE according to the uplinkTEID. When no tunneling protocol is used, the base station may determinethe core network bearer of the UE according to the connected gateway. Inaddition, when the base station is connected to multiple gateways or atunneling protocol is used, the base station needs to determine the corenetwork bearer of the UE by using both the destination gateway addressand the uplink TEID.

In a second method, the base station determines the core network bearerof the UE in public bearers existing between the base station and thecore network. Therefore, after the base station receives the servicedata of the UE by using the locally pre-configured bearer, the methodfurther includes: selecting, by the base station according to at leastone of the following parameters, a public bearer from the public bearersexisting between the base station and the core network, to serve as thecore network bearer of the UE. The parameters include: the type of theservice data, the QoS parameter of the service data, and a mappingrelationship between the public bearer and the bearer that ispre-configured by the base station.

Specifically, if only one public bearer exists between the base stationand the core network, to transmit service data of more UEs as much aspossible by using the public bearer, the UE may send the service type ofthe service data of the UE or the QoS parameter of the service data tothe base station while sending, to the base station, the identifier ofthe bearer configured by the UE by using the RRC message, the datapacket, or the access sequence. The base station selects a part ofservice data according to the service type or the QoS parameter, andthen transmits the selected part of service data to the core network byusing the public bearer. The RRC message may be an RRC connectionestablishment request message, an RRC connection establishmentcompletion message, or the like.

If multiple public bearers exist between the base station and the corenetwork, the base station stores the mapping relationship between thebearer pre-configured by the base station and the public bearer. Afterdetermining the bearer used to receive the service data of the UE, thebase station selects a public bearer from the multiple public bearersaccording to the mapping relationship and the identifier of the bearerused to receive the service data of the UE, and then transmits theservice data of the UE to the core network by using the selected publicbearer. Certainly, alternatively, the selected public bearer may beconsidered as the only public bearer existing between the base stationand the core network. Then, a part of service data is selected accordingto the service type or the QoS parameter. The selected part of servicedata is transmitted to the core network by using the public bearer.

Based on the same invention concept, an embodiment of the presentinvention further provides user equipment. Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3is a schematic diagram of functional modules of user equipment accordingto an embodiment of the present invention. For meanings and specificimplementation of terms used in the user equipment shown in FIG. 3,refer to related descriptions in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user equipment includes: a bearer configurationunit 31, configured to configure a bearer for the UE by using apre-stored configuration parameter, where the pre-stored configurationparameter includes: an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, orthe pre-stored configuration parameter includes: an AS configurationparameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter; and asending unit 32, configured to send service data to a base station byusing the bearer.

Optionally, the pre-stored configuration parameter includes N sets ofconfiguration parameters, where N is an integer greater than or equal to1; and the bearer configuration unit 31 is configured to: select one setof configuration parameters from the N sets of configuration parametersaccording to one of the following parameters: a service type of theservice data, a QoS parameter of the service data, a group identity ofthe UE, APN information of the UE, or ARP information of the UE; andconfigure the bearer for the UE by using the selected set ofconfiguration parameters.

Optionally, the sending unit 32 is further configured to: send an RRCmessage, a data packet, or an access sequence that includes anidentifier of the bearer to the base station, so that the base stationdetermines an access network bearer of the UE according to theidentifier of the bearer.

Optionally, the sending unit 32 is further configured to: send someparameters of the configuration parameters of the bearer to the basestation, so that the base station determines a core network bearer ofthe UE according to the some parameters, where the some parametersinclude at least one of the following parameters: the APN information, adestination gateway address, an uplink TEID, an identifier of the corenetwork bearer, a type of the service data, or the QoS parameter of theservice data.

Optionally, the bearer configuration unit 31 is further configured to:when a serving cell in which the UE is located changes or the basestation serving the UE changes, locally reconfigure a bearer by usingthe pre-stored configuration parameter; and send data to a changed-tobase station by using the reconfigured bearer.

Various variation manners and specific examples in the bearerestablishment method in the embodiments of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are alsoapplicable to the user equipment in this embodiment. According to thedetailed description of the foregoing bearer establishment method, aperson skilled in the art may clearly know an implementation method ofthe user equipment in this embodiment. Therefore, for brevity of thespecification, details are not described herein.

Based on the same invention concept, an embodiment further provides userequipment. Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagramof hardware of user equipment according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. For meanings and specific implementation of terms used in theuser equipment shown in FIG. 4, refer to related descriptions in FIG. 1,FIG. 2, and the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 4, the user equipment includes: a processor 41,configured to configure a bearer for the UE by using a pre-storedconfiguration parameter, where the pre-stored configuration parameterincludes: an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or thepre-stored configuration parameter includes: an AS configurationparameter and a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration parameter; and atransmitter 42, configured to send service data to a base station byusing the bearer.

Optionally, the pre-stored configuration parameter includes N sets ofconfiguration parameters, where N is an integer greater than or equal to1; and the processor 41 is configured to: select one set ofconfiguration parameters from the N sets of configuration parametersaccording to one of the following parameters: a service type of theservice data, a QoS parameter of the service data, a group identity ofthe UE, APN information of the UE, or ARP information of the UE; andconfigure the bearer for the UE by using the selected set ofconfiguration parameters.

Optionally, after the processor 41 configures the bearer for the UE byusing the selected set of configuration parameters, the transmitter 42is further configured to: send an RRC message, a data packet, or anaccess sequence that includes an identifier of the bearer to the basestation, so that the base station determines an access network bearer ofthe UE according to the identifier of the bearer.

Optionally, after sending the data to the base station by using thebearer, the transmitter 42 is further configured to: send someparameters of the configuration parameters of the bearer to the basestation, so that the base station determines a core network bearer ofthe UE according to the some parameters, where the some parametersinclude at least one of the following parameters: the APN information, adestination gateway address, an uplink TEID, an identifier of the corenetwork bearer, a type of the service data, or the QoS parameter of theservice data.

Optionally, after the transmitter 42 sends the data to the base stationby using the bearer, the processor 41 is further configured to: when aserving cell in which the UE is located changes or the base stationserving the UE changes, locally reconfigure a bearer by using thepre-stored configuration parameter; and the transmitter 42 is configuredto send data to a changed-to base station by using the reconfiguredbearer.

In FIG. 4, in a bus architecture (represented by a bus 400), the bus 400may include any quantity of interconnected buses and bridges, and thebus 400 connects various circuits including one or more processorsrepresented by the processor 41 and memories represented by a memory 44.The bus 400 may further connect various other circuits, such as aperipheral device, a voltage stabilizer, and a power management circuit.These are known in the art, and therefore are not further described inthis specification. A bus interface 45 provides an interface between thebus 400 and the transmitter 42. The transmitter 42 may be a transceiver,and provides a unit configured to communicate with various otherapparatuses on a transmission medium.

The processor 41 is responsible for managing the bus 400 and generalprocessing, and the memory 44 may be configured to store data that isused when the processor 41 performs an operation.

Various variation manners and specific examples in the bearerestablishment method in the embodiments of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are alsoapplicable to the user equipment in this embodiment. According to thedetailed description of the foregoing bearer establishment method, aperson skilled in the art may clearly know an implementation method ofthe user equipment in this embodiment.

Therefore, for brevity of the specification, details are not describedherein.

Based on the same invention concept, an embodiment of the presentinvention further provides a base station. Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5is a schematic diagram of functional modules of a base station accordingto an embodiment of the present invention. For meanings and specificimplementation of terms used in the base station shown in FIG. 5, referto related descriptions in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 5, the base station includes: a bearer configurationunit 51, configured to pre-configure a bearer for the base station,where a configuration parameter used by the base station to configurethe bearer includes: an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, ora configuration parameter used by the base station to configure thebearer includes: an AS configuration parameter and a non-access stratum(NAS) configuration parameter; and a receiving unit 52, configured toreceive service data of UE by using the bearer pre-configured by thebase station.

Optionally, the bearer pre-configured by the base station includes Nbearers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and thereceiving unit 52 is configured to: receive an RRC message, a datapacket, or an access sequence that is sent by the UE and that includesan identifier of a bearer configured by the UE; the base station furtherincludes a processing unit 53, configured to select, from the N bearers,a bearer matching the identifier of the bearer configured by the UE, toserve as an access network bearer of the UE; and the receiving unit 52is configured to receive the service data of the UE by using theselected bearer.

Optionally, the receiving unit 52 is configured to: receive someparameters of configuration parameters of the bearer configured by theUE, where the some parameters include at least one of the followingparameters: APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplinkTEID, an identifier of a core network bearer, a type of the servicedata, or a QoS parameter of the service data; and the processing unit 53is configured to determine the core network bearer of the UE accordingto the some parameters.

Optionally, the processing unit 53 is configured to: select, accordingto at least one of the following parameters, a public bearer from publicbearers existing between the base station and a core network, to serveas the core network bearer of the UE, where the parameters include: thetype of the service data, the QoS parameter of the service data, and amapping relationship between the public bearer and the bearer that ispre-configured by the base station.

Various variation manners and specific examples in the bearerestablishment method in the embodiments of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are alsoapplicable to the base station in this embodiment. According to thedetailed description of the foregoing bearer establishment method, aperson skilled in the art may clearly know an implementation method ofthe base station in this embodiment. Therefore, for brevity of thespecification, details are not described herein.

Based on the same invention concept, an embodiment further provides abase station. Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic structuraldiagram of hardware of a base station according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. For meanings and specific implementation of termsused in the base station shown in FIG. 6, refer to related descriptionsin FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 6, the base station includes: a processor 61,configured to pre-configure a bearer for the base station, where aconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerincludes: an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter, or aconfiguration parameter used by the base station to configure the bearerincludes: an AS configuration parameter and a non-access stratum (NAS)configuration parameter; and a receiver 62, configured to receiveservice data of UE by using the bearer pre-configured by the basestation.

Optionally, the bearer pre-configured by the base station includes Nbearers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and thereceiver 62 is configured to: receive, an RRC message, a data packet, oran access sequence that is sent by the UE and that includes anidentifier of a bearer configured by the UE; and the processor 61 isconfigured to select, from the N bearers, a bearer matching theidentifier of the bearer configured by the UE, to serve as an accessnetwork bearer of the UE; and the receiver is configured to receive theservice data of the UE by using the selected bearer.

Optionally, after the base station receives the service data of the UEby using the bearer pre-configured by the base station, the receiver 62is configured to: receive some parameters of configuration parameters ofthe bearer configured by the UE, where the some parameters include atleast one of the following parameters: APN information, a destinationgateway address, an uplink TEID, an identifier of a core network bearer,a type of the service data, or a QoS parameter of the service data; andthe processor 61 is configured to determine the core network bearer ofthe UE according to the some parameters.

Optionally, after the base station receives the service data of the UEby using the locally pre-configured bearer, the processor 61 isconfigured to: select, according to at least one of the followingparameters, a public bearer from public bearers existing between thebase station and a core network, to serve as the core network bearer ofthe UE, where the parameters include: the type of the service data, theQoS parameter of the service data, and a mapping relationship betweenthe public bearer and the bearer that is pre-configured by the basestation.

In FIG. 6, in a bus architecture (represented by a bus 600), the bus 600may include any quantity of interconnected buses and bridges, and thebus 600 connects various circuits including one or more processorsrepresented by the processor 61 and memories represented by a memory 64.The bus 600 may further connect various other circuits, such as aperipheral device, a voltage stabilizer, and a power management circuit.These are known in the art, and therefore are not further described inthis specification. A bus interface 65 provides an interface between thebus 600 and the receiver 62. The receiver 62 may be a transceiver, andprovides a unit configured to communicate with various other apparatuseson a transmission medium.

The processor 61 is responsible for managing the bus 600 and generalprocessing, and the memory 64 may be configured to store data that isused when the processor 61 performs an operation.

Various variation manners and specific examples in the bearerestablishment method in the embodiments of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are alsoapplicable to the base station in this embodiment. According to thedetailed description of the foregoing bearer establishment method, aperson skilled in the art may clearly know an implementation method ofthe base station in this embodiment. Therefore, for brevity of thespecification, details are not described herein.

The one or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of thepresent invention have at least the following technical effects oradvantages.

The embodiments of the present invention provide a bearer establishmentmethod, including: locally configuring, by user equipment, a bearer byusing a pre-stored configuration parameter, and sending, by the userequipment, service data to a base station by using the configuredbearer.

The user equipment locally configures the bearer by using the pre-storedconfiguration parameter, and does not need to establish the bearer byexchanging signaling messages multiple times with at least one networkdevice. Therefore, delays and overheads caused when the bearer isestablished are reduced.

A person skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments ofthe present application may be provided as a method, a system, or acomputer program product. Therefore, the present application may use aform of hardware only embodiments, software only embodiments, orembodiments with a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, thepresent invention may use a form of a computer program product that isimplemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including butnot limited to a disk memory, an optical memory, and the like) thatinclude computer-usable program code.

The present application is described with reference to the flowchartsand/or block diagrams of the method, the device (system), and thecomputer program product according to the embodiments of the presentapplication. It should be understood that computer program instructionsmay be used to implement each process and/or each block in theflowcharts and/or the block diagrams and a combination of a processand/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. Thesecomputer program instructions may be provided for a general-purposecomputer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor, or a processor ofany other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, sothat the instructions executed by a computer or a processor of any otherprogrammable data processing device generate an apparatus forimplementing a specific function in one or more processes in theflowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer readablememory that can instruct the computer or any other programmable dataprocessing device to work in a specific manner, so that the instructionsstored in the computer readable memory generate an artifact thatincludes an instruction apparatus. The instruction apparatus implementsa specific function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or inone or more blocks in the block diagrams.

These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a computer oranother programmable data processing device, so that a series ofoperations and steps are performed on the computer or the anotherprogrammable device, thereby generating computer-implemented processing.Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or the anotherprogrammable device provide steps for implementing a specific functionin one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocksin the block diagrams.

Obviously, a person skilled in the art can make various modificationsand variations to the present application without departing from a scopeof the present application. The present application is intended to coverthese modifications and variations of the present application providedthat they fall within the scope of protection defined by the followingclaims and their equivalent technologies.

What is claimed is:
 1. A bearer establishment method, comprising: receiving, by user equipment (UE), a configuration parameter by a broadcast information; configuring, by the UE, a bearer for the UE by using a pre-stored configuration parameter, wherein the pre-stored configuration parameter comprises an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter; and sending, by the UE, service data to a base station by using the bearer.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pre-stored configuration parameter comprises N sets of configuration parameters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and wherein the configuring, by the UE, the bearer for the UE by using the pre-stored configuration parameter comprises: selecting, by the UE, one set of configuration parameters from the N sets of configuration parameters according to at least one of a service type of the service data, a quality of service (QoS) parameter of the service data, a group identity of the UE, access point name (APN) information of the UE, or allocation and retention priority (ARP) information of the UE; and configuring, by the UE, the bearer for the UE by using the selected set of configuration parameters.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the configuring, by the UE, the bearer for the UE by using the selected set of the configuration parameters, the method further comprises: sending, by the UE, an identifier of the bearer to the base station, wherein the identifier of the bearer is sent in a radio resource control (RRC) message, a data packet, or an access sequence, and wherein the identifier of the bearer is used by the base station to determine an access network bearer of the UE.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the sending, by the UE, the service data to a base station by using the bearer, the method further comprises: sending, by the UE, one or more configuration parameters of the bearer to the base station, wherein the one or more configuration parameters are used by the base station to determine a core network bearer of the UE, and wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise at least one of the APN information of the UE, a destination gateway address, an uplink tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID), an identifier of the core network bearer, a type of the service data, or the QoS parameter of the service data.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the sending, by the UE, the service data to the base station by using the bearer, the method further comprises: in response to a change of a serving cell in which the UE is located or a change of the base station serving the UE, locally reconfiguring, by the UE, a bearer by using the pre-stored configuration parameter; and sending, by the UE, data to a changed-to base station by using the reconfigured bearer.
 6. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver, the receiver configured to receive a configuration parameter by a broadcast information; at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to configure a bearer for UE by using a pre-stored configuration parameter, wherein the pre-stored configuration parameter comprises an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter; and a transmitter, the transmitter configured to send service data to a base station by using the bearer.
 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the pre-stored configuration parameter comprises N sets of configuration parameters, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: select one set of configuration parameters from the N sets of configuration parameters according to at least one of a service type of the service data, a quality of service (QoS) parameter of the service data, a group identity of the UE, APN information of the UE, or allocation and retention priority (ARP) information of the UE; and configure the bearer for the UE by using the selected set of configuration parameters.
 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send an identifier of the bearer to the base station, wherein the identifier of the bearer is sent in a radio resource control (RRC) message, a data packet, or an access sequence, and wherein the identifier of the bearer is used by the base station to determine an access network bearer of the UE.
 9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send one or more configuration parameters of the bearer to the base station, wherein the one or more configuration parameters are used by the base station to determine a core network bearer of the UE, and wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise at least one of the APN information of the UE, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, an identifier of the core network bearer, a type of the service data, or the QoS parameter of the service data.
 10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: in response to a change of a serving cell in which the UE is located or a change of the base station serving the UE, locally reconfigure a bearer by using the pre-stored configuration parameter; and send data to a changed-to base station by using the reconfigured bearer.
 11. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to pre-configure a bearer for a base station using a configuration parameter, wherein the configuration parameter comprises an access stratum (AS) configuration parameter; a transmitter, the transmitter configured to send the configuration parameter by a broadcast information; and a receiver, the receiver configured to receive service data of UE by using the bearer pre-configured by the base station.
 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the bearer pre-configured by the base station comprises N bearers, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive an identifier of a bearer configured by the UE, wherein the identifier of the bearer is received in a radio resource control (RRC) message, a data packet, or an access sequence that is sent by the UE; wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select, from the N bearers, a bearer matching the identifier of the bearer configured by the UE to serve as an access network bearer of the UE; and wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the service data of the UE by using the selected bearer.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive one or more configuration parameters of the bearer configured by the UE, wherein the one or more configuration parameters comprise at least one APN information, a destination gateway address, an uplink TEID, an identifier of a core network bearer, a type of the service data, or a QoS parameter of the service data; and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a core network bearer of the UE according to the one or more configuration parameters.
 14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select a public bearer from public bearers existing between the base station and a core network to serve as a core network bearer of the UE according to at least one of the type of the service data, the QoS parameter of the service data, or a mapping relationship between the public bearer and the bearer that is pre-configured by the base station. 